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Friday, September 26, 2014

Today i want to share a bit from the short story i wrote for Roane Publishing

as part of their anniversary promo September Free Reads. It's called Sisters. I like this excerpt because it's the first time the hero and heroine meet. Keep in mind though, this free story is a short story, meant to be an extension of the first book, Harper's Wish.

“After you, please.”Holding the door wide, he bowed chivalrously.

“Thank
you!” Not too bad looking either. As if
she needed one of those in her life.

Once
to the counter, she ordered her trusty wake-me-up call, paid and turned to go,
a teen on the run, did a hit-and-run, spilling her hot black coffee right down the front of her brand new
business suit.

“Shit,
really?”She didn’t know which way to
turn, shaking her hands then bending to pick up the mess when again, someone
shot in front of her and scooped up the mess for her.As she stood straight again, she recognized
the handsome man as her door greeter.

“You’re
quite the life saver today.Thank you.”

“It’s
my pleasure.”He dumped the remnants of
her breakfast in the trash and turned to the counter.“Janie, any chance we can get the lady a new
coffee and bagel?”He’d worked out the
details for her quicker than she could process what had happened and turned,
giving her a beautiful beam of white teeth.Hat in one hand and holding out the other, he’d introduced himself as
Tyler Masters, cowboy extraordinaire by day and hero to women in need any hour
he was needed.Then he’d laughed.

A
soft comfortable giggle escaped before she returned the gesture.“Well Tyler Masters, I have to say you were
definitely my hero.My day isn’t really
starting off good so far.I’m Chloe
Summerfield, it’s very nice to meet you.”When their hands met, sparks flew like the fourth of July, not that
she’d really spent much time outside watching.

Saturday, September 13, 2014

To celebrate Roane Publishing's one year
anniversary, they have decided to give their readers all the
presents. Each Monday for the entire month of September, Roane Publishing
will release two free eBooks.
No rules or requirements.
Just free reads.

Rebecca is no exception. She’s been in love with Tyler forever, but he’s
one of her best friends.
She knows you never cross the friendship line; not if you want to stay that
way. Too bad for meddlesome friends. Now, she’s stuck on a camping trip
with a bunch of couples, and Tyler. Will Rebecca be able to bury her
feelings and stay friends with Tyler, or will she
sabotage everything including the Labor Day weekend?

Rory’s personal guard knows the little dragon is bursting with magic which
could revitalize all the farmer’s fields, and still rid an old man of his aches
and pains. Too young to defend herself she’s forced to run when the king
discovers she could also be his source to eternal youth.

Description: Sonny the Scoundrel must help
Grandpap the wizard with Grandpap's newest money-making scheme—selling cats to
a neighboring village with a vermin problem. Grandpap feeds a cat-grow potion
to the cats in the expectation the cats will breed and grow at a rapid rate.
But as the cats rid the village of mice and rats, a new problem develops—a
plague of cats.

Now the angry villagers want Grandpap and Sonny to do something about the cats
overrunning the village before any further plagues erupt. But it is already too
late.

Description: Brodie Hartley—the true definition
of a rugged rascal. A rascal who hadn’t been home in a long time, but when his
friend Trey Cleary asked him to be the best man at his upcoming nuptials,
Brodie hopped on his Harley and headed for North Carolina.

Darby Cleary had always been more than a little infatuated with her brother’s
best friend, only she was too young for him back in the day. However, Darby
isn’t a little girl any longer; she’s a woman who wants a taste of Brodie
Hartley. Her game plan for the pre-wedding activities? 1. Flirt with the
man. 2. Seduce him. 3. If one and two don’t work, get him well
lubricated and hope like hell Brodie wants a taste of her, too.

Description: Happily mated Tiger shifter, Fhina has the Purr-fect life
with her no-longer-cursed Wolf shifter husband and their brand new babies. So,
why is it that life suddenly took a turn for the weird for her favorite cousin
Tessa? And why did Fhina’s Magician ex-boyfriend and his gaggle of pixies
suddenly appear in Tessa’s bakery.

It will take a lot more than a curse book to solve this mystery. It’ll take the
combined talents of an dysfunctional Enchantress, a first level Witch, and more
than a little luck.

Description: Having a sister was something Harper
Donaldson had only wished for in her dreams. When a letter came telling her she
not only had a sister, but her new-found sister was coming to visit Holly,
Montana in person within a weeks’ time, Harper panics.

Chloe Summerfield grew
up in a loving home with an adopted family, but always wondered who else might
be out there. Given the right tools and a little bit of time, she found out she
had a sister and has wasted no time arranging to meet her long lost sibling.